Pinless clothes-line.



No. 850,227. PATENTBD Amie, 1907.

I A. o. HOOK & R. P. ROBINSON.

PINLESS CLOTHES LINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE1,1904.

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ADDISON C. HOOK AND ROBERT P. ROBINSON, OFCHARLOTTE,

' NORTH CAROLINA express CLOTHES-LINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application filed June 1, 1904- Serial No. 210,718

To all w/mnt it may concern.-

@136 it known that we, ADDISON C. HOOK and lionnn'r 1;. Bonuses, citizens of the United States, residing at- Charlotte, in the county of Mecklenhurg and State of North arolina, have invented a new and useful Pinless Clothes-Line, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pinless clotheslines, and has for its principal object to'provide a novel form of pinless line which may be readily folded together when not in use and which, further, isof suchconstruction as to prevent injurious clamping of the clothing when the line is subjected to longitudinal strain.

With these and other objects in View, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in the novel ctmstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully dc scribed, illustrated in the accompanying (lI'2L\\lIlgS,iHltl particularly pointed out in the appemled claim, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may he made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the in vention.

Figure l is a perspective view showing two links of the improved line joined together, and Fig. 2 is a similar view of a single link.

The improved pinless clothes-line of this invention consists of a plurality of connected links 1, which correspond in form with one another. .l laeh ol' the links is formedfprefrwably, tron] asinglcpieceoi wire and has an api proximately straight; portion 2, which will be referred to hereinafter as the strain-receiw i log portion, for the reason that it is adapt ed to receive the longitudinal strain of the line. Upon each of the strain-receiving portion 2 is formed an eye 3, and adjacent to each eye 3 is formed a loop 4, The wide portion of each loop 4 is toward the adjacent eye 3, as shown, loop decreasing in width toward the middle portion of the link and the end 5 of each loop being engaged with the end 5 of the opposite loop, preferably by twisting said wires around each other and portions 2, as shown at 6.

The eyes 3 3 and loops 4 4 are formed, prefer ably, y twisting the wire around itself, as

also around the shown at 7 7. The eyes 3 3 are formed on 5 opposite sides of the line of the link in the manner shown, as this formation of the eyes I permits the links of a clothes-line more readily to be folded upon each other in taking down the line to store it away when not i in use. The end 5 at the narrow portion of each loop is twisted spirally around the l strain-receiving portion 2 in order that the loop may preserve its shape and resiliency. The arrangement of the loopse 4 at opposite ends of the strain-receiving portion wlth l he wide portion of each loop toward the adjacent eye and the narrow portion toward theiniddle of the link where the wires of each loop are engaged'with each other presents an advantage over such a device as that in l which the loops are close together atthe central portion of the link with their wide portions toward each other and their narrow ends toward the oppositeextrel'nities of the link In this latter form of device it is necessary that the ends of the loops be soldered to each other, whereas according to the present invention, wherein the narrow ends of the loops are tmvard the middle of the link, as describerhsaid ends may be twisted around each other and around the strainrel ceiving portion, whereby they are more easily and strongly and less expensively con neete'd with each other than in the device I where solder is used.

in its peculiar shape and form the device of this invention presents an improvement over prior devices of asimilar character.

Minor chan es in the precise embodin'icnt of invention illustrated and described may be made within the scope of the following claim without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advanta es.

Tiavin thus fully what is c-Taimed is? i A pinless clothes line formed of a plurality of links, each formed of a single piece of wire 1 including a'main untwisted and continuous strain-receiving bar extending tron end to end of the link, the wire at each end of the connection to an adjacent ink andbeing ICO link being, thence bent to form an eye'for coiled around the strain-receiving bar,' the wire being thence bent to form an eye having its largest portion toward the end of the link, as our own we have hereto effiXed oursignw and thence gradually narrowing toward the tures in the presence of two witnessescentral portion of the link,' said wire being ADDBONT C HOOK bent thence around the s-traimreceiving bar, O R E- P 'ROBINON and eagh end of the Wire being coiled around the opposite end thereof, and the strain-re- Witnesses: ceiving bar. R. A. STEELE,

In testimony that we claim-the foregoing I JNO. L. BEATY. 

